Title:Guts and Pity : The Hanging That Ended Capital Punishment in Australia
Price:AUD$19.80 (about USD$13.00)
Signed:By Author
ISBN:0868194247
Item ID:SB00-0218188
Quantity:1
Publisher:Currency Press, Paddington, New South Wales, 1996
Edition:First
Illustrator:Photographic
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:No
300 g; 104 pages, last four pages blank, includes appendix of resources And, Personalities Involved in the Case, which excludes Ronald Ryan! Inscribed by the author on the title page. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and some facsimiles of newspapers articles. Barry Dickins, the author of the award-winning play Remember Ronald Ryan, powerfully evokes Ryan the man, the drama of his story and the historical background to the execution, with a rich collection of anecdote and ephemera: recollections by people connect with Ryan's escape, arrest, detention and appeal, as well as supporters and opponents of capital punishment. -- from the rear panel. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. The author has signed the book on the title page.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sociology; Local History -- Victoria; Legal; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0868194247. ISBN/EAN: 9780868194240. Inventory No: 0218188.